27 July 2013 - QA 5

Gurudev, how can I drop my attachment to the body? It seems difficult for me to realize that I am in the body, yet, not the body.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You don’t have to make any effort, just wait for some time; the body will detach from you, you don’t need to detach yourself from the body.
Just relax. I think you have too much free time to keep thinking about yourself. Just get out and keep doing some good work; the world needs you, people need you.

Everyone is bestowed with some talents. These talents are not for ourselves. A musician has a good voice, not to sing in the bathroom; his good voice is to entertain others. A writer has a good grip on the language, not to write letters to oneself and keep reading; a writer’s talent is to make others enjoy and stimulate their intellect.
Similarly, if you have a good sense of humor, you can’t keep laughing at yourself; your sense of humor is of no use for yourself, it is for everybody else.
Everything that you are bestowed with is to share with others, with society. If you are a good surgeon, you can’t operate on yourself. A good surgeon’s skills and knowledge are no good to him when he needs it; he has to go to some other surgeon.